Tagged: 10 things about myself

I got tagged by Chi. Here are my ten:

1. I was a varsity at my volleyball team during elementary school. We competed in various athletic divisions, like DCUPS (Davao City Unified Private Schools) and DCAA (Davao City Athletic Association). When I attended high school, I had to quit to focus on my academics. But I still pursued playing volleyball as a hobby though.

2. I’m a geek when it comes to geography. In fact, I know all the capital cities for all 50 States in the US.:D

3. I like kids. Katrina pointed it out to me once saying I sound so “maternal”. Truth is, I’d rather be around cuddly kids than take care of a pet.

4. I have a foot fetish. I could not go an entire week without foot spa or scrub. I’m obsessed with clean feet and getting rid of dead skin. (laughs out loud)

5. My major pet peeve is having my foot stepped on.

6. I love chocolate so much it deserve a number on this list.

7. Random things I couldn’t live without: lip balm, cellphone, basketball, internet, Survivor!

8. People always have my age mistaken. Good thing is, they think I’m younger. As the middle child of 3 siblings, family friends often mistake me as the youngest one.

9. I go by multiple names. Abby – for friends and acquaintances; Bianca – often used by people who I meet for the first time; Abs – for closest friends and barkada; Bea – my nick at home; Bia (short for Bianca) – my other nick, often used by family members, titos and titas; Bing – for Ed’s parents; Gail – a name used only by two people: my dear friend (and former officemate) Joan and friend Melanie from grade school.

10. I love traveling! Here are some of the places I’d like to travel to at least once in my life: Mayan Ruins in Guatemala, Palau (our dream honeymoon), Vatican (or anywhere in Italy, Ed and I already have a map!), New Zealand (to bungee jump, or probably live there! ), Ireland (the Emerald Isle, no this is where I should reside. lol), Edinburgh in Scottland, and every single one of the US’ 50 States.

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The Rules:

*Each blogger should start with ten random facts/habits about themselves.
*Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their ten things and post these rules.
*At the end of your blog, you need to choose ten people to get tagged and list their names.

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Seriously though, if you like doing this, then proceed at your own risk. hehe

history squashed!

Federer in tears after losing to Nadal in their Australian Open Championship match, Sunday.

The irony of it all. Federer was gunning for history by winning this year’s 14th Grand Slam title, joining the ranks of tennis legends and following in the footstep of Pete Sampras. This is not to say that Roger Federer has not already had a major career, being the second longest tennis player EVER to hold on to the World No. 1 rank. But last night, history was cruel. With number one and number two battling it out, what else do you expect but a fierce competition, lasting 4 hours and 23 minutes.

The oddity of it all? It was his greatest nemesis today, World No. 1 Rafael Nadal who instead set history. He was the first Spanish to win the Australian Open Championship.

It was a tough loss for Federer and he wasn’t able to hold back his emotions during his speech at the awarding ceremony, immediately following the match. And I sympathize with him, as the defeat was probably too much to bear and to have that constantly rubbed in your face was a totally different story. I felt for Federer because Nadal was a tough competitor, enduring until the final set of the match despite his 5-hour marathon game against fellow Spanish Fernando Verdasco the day before. The game analyst pointed out, in reference to Nadal, “Isn’t Nadal supposed to be tired?” And prompted his fellow analyst to remark in return, “I guess he [Nadal] does not know the meaning of that word.”

While I was rooting for Federer the whole time, Nadal was a worthy winner. Rafa tried to lighten things up when he said “Sorry” to Roger for defeating him. Indeed, these were two of tennis’ greatest sportsmen during our time.

Regaining his composure, Federer went back to the mic and rounded up his speech, now able to muster a smile on his face and uttered, “See you next year!”